The forces that have helped shape the way I am today consist of not only people, but events that have occurred as well. I would love to sit here and tell everyone who is reading this that my best friend from years ago has been a driving force that has helped shape my personality throughout the years, but sadly I cannot. I have moved between New Jersey and Pennsylvania no less than 4 times and when you constantly move around it's difficult to establish any long term relationships with anyone outside of your immediate family, which is why the number and frequency of times I have moved is a strong force that has shaped who I am today. When I was a young girl I was the quiet one who never got into any trouble with anyone because I hardly ever spoke to anyone I didn't know, but by being the quiet one in a room it's difficult to make friends in a short amount of time. In order to prevent myself from becoming lonely I had to break out of my shy self and become someone who would get noticed and liked by other people quickly.
Another driving force would have to be my slightly older brother Andrew. Although he is my sibling and we have arguments about everything I could not be anyone close to who I am now without him. Due to the fact that we are only eighteen months apart we often times agree with each other more than we agree with anyone else in our family. When there is some kind of intense argument we often times support or even stand up for each other. Plus, we are always trying to be better than each other, so he's made me slightly competitive.
Obviously I have to include my parents as driving forces, but as two separate ones. My mother decided that instead of continuing on with her career, she wanted to have two children and be there for them whenever we needed her. Her selflessness and dedication to me and my brother has taught me more than I think she even realizes, not to mention that she taught us both how to behave correctly. My father wasn't really a driving force in my life until more recently. When I was younger I had a difficult time grasping some of the aspects of his actions, but now I can see that you can't always be the nice guy that agrees to everything. Every once in awhile you need to stick up for yourself and what you believe no matter if your belief is something completely different or not.
The last major driving force would have to be society in general. In America we all know that if you're not on top, you might as well be on the very bottom. This country pushes every student to excel at everything people in the past have excelled at as well as a fountain of new things that have been discovered in the past couple years. I don't think I would be as compelled to try and reach the top if I didn't live in such a competitive country.
Some minor driving forces in my life have been music, art, stories, history, and strangers. Music and art have helped me unravel pieces of myself that I never knew existed, stories and history have helped me determine how I want to live my life, and strangers have taught me more things than I can even be aware of because when you think about it, pretty much everyone you have met started out as a stranger.
I think it’s interesting how you took something negative, like moving around a lot, and turning it into something positive. You could’ve stayed shy with the constant moving you dealt with as a kid, but instead, you broke out of that shell. Also, I would’ve never have thought of society as a force that shaped people, but I can see that now. I agree that in America we are pushed to excel, do our best, and discover new things. I think that all of us Central students are also compelled like you to reach the top since we live in America.
-Nicollette Kabat
Katie,
I admire the fact that although you have moved around so many times, you learned how to get out of your comfort zone and become a great social person. I also like how you included strangers as motivating forces, because you are right, everyone you know now started out as a stranger. I think strangers are a great force and I wish I would have included something that thoughtful in my paragraph!
-Tori G.
The forces that have helped shape the way I am today consist of not only people, but events that have occurred as well. I would love to sit here and tell everyone who is reading this that my best friend from years ago has been a driving force that has helped shape my personality throughout the years, but sadly I cannot. I have moved between New Jersey and Pennsylvania no less than 4 times and when you constantly move around it's difficult to establish any long term relationships with anyone outside of your immediate family, which is why the number and frequency of times I have moved is a strong force that has shaped who I am today. When I was a young girl I was the quiet one who never got into any trouble with anyone because I hardly ever spoke to anyone I didn't know, but by being the quiet one in a room it's difficult to make friends in a short amount of time. In order to prevent myself from becoming lonely I had to break out of my shy self and become someone who would get noticed and liked by other people quickly.
Another driving force would have to be my slightly older brother Andrew. Although he is my sibling and we have arguments about everything I could not be anyone close to who I am now without him. Due to the fact that we are only eighteen months apart we often times agree with each other more than we agree with anyone else in our family. When there is some kind of intense argument we often times support or even stand up for each other. Plus, we are always trying to be better than each other, so he's made me slightly competitive.
Obviously I have to include my parents as driving forces, but as two separate ones. My mother decided that instead of continuing on with her career, she wanted to have two children and be there for them whenever we needed her. Her selflessness and dedication to me and my brother has taught me more than I think she even realizes, not to mention that she taught us both how to behave correctly. My father wasn't really a driving force in my life until more recently. When I was younger I had a difficult time grasping some of the aspects of his actions, but now I can see that you can't always be the nice guy that agrees to everything. Every once in awhile you need to stick up for yourself and what you believe no matter if your belief is something completely different or not.
The last major driving force would have to be society in general. In America we all know that if you're not on top, you might as well be on the very bottom. This country pushes every student to excel at everything people in the past have excelled at as well as a fountain of new things that have been discovered in the past couple years. I don't think I would be as compelled to try and reach the top if I didn't live in such a competitive country.
Some minor driving forces in my life have been music, art, stories, history, and strangers. Music and art have helped me unravel pieces of myself that I never knew existed, stories and history have helped me determine how I want to live my life, and strangers have taught me more things than I can even be aware of because when you think about it, pretty much everyone you have met started out as a stranger.
I think it’s interesting how you took something negative, like moving around a lot, and turning it into something positive. You could’ve stayed shy with the constant moving you dealt with as a kid, but instead, you broke out of that shell. Also, I would’ve never have thought of society as a force that shaped people, but I can see that now. I agree that in America we are pushed to excel, do our best, and discover new things. I think that all of us Central students are also compelled like you to reach the top since we live in America.
-Nicollette Kabat
Katie,
I admire the fact that although you have moved around so many times, you learned how to get out of your comfort zone and become a great social person. I also like how you included strangers as motivating forces, because you are right, everyone you know now started out as a stranger. I think strangers are a great force and I wish I would have included something that thoughtful in my paragraph!
-Tori G.
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